Category: Austrian News

The hard lockdown will soon be over, but strict corona rules will remain. You must abide by these measures from 7 December. Friday, at 12:30 pm, the main committee of the national parliament met. The only item on the agenda was the 2nd COVID-19 Protection Measures Ordinance (2nd COVID-19-SchuMaV). This is to seal the changes to the initial restrictions after the lockdown. So far the exit restriction is valid the whole day over, starting from 7 December only between 20 o’clock and 6 o’clock in the morning. The exceptions remain…

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On the day before the end of the tough lockdown, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (ÖVP) appealed to the population to comply with the measures still in force. Only in this way could the positive development continue, said the head of the VP. The good news for Kurz is that the lockdown has taken effect. In recent weeks, the average daily number of new infections has been cut in half. The remaining measures are “without alternative”. This development has led to the fact that the acutely imminent overflow of intensive care units…

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The City of Vienna has announced a change in the access rules for the mass tests: Starting tomorrow, Sunday, people who are registered for a test in the exhibition hall can bring their family members to the test, although they do not have their own appointments, announced health city councillor Peter Hacker (SPÖ) in the late afternoon. However, the new regulation only applies to the test location Messe Wien, which has a relatively low capacity utilization. “From tomorrow, anyone who is registered can take their relatives with them to the…

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The number of people infected with the coronavirus in Austria exceeded the 300,000 mark on Saturday. Since the beginning of the pandemic, SARS-CoV-2 has been detected 300,689 times in people in Austria. According to figures from the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Health, 3,444 new infections have been added in the past 24 hours. Throughout Austria, 3,757 people have died of or with the corona virus and 249,441 have recovered. Thus, there was a further decrease with 47,491 active cases. On Friday, for the first time in…

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The new regulation brings with Monday much expected and some surprises. It applies until 23 December – for ski lifts and family celebrations thereby uncertainty remains. On Monday the new Covid regulation comes into force, yesterday the text was online. It is limited in time with 23 December.The following points are fixed for the next 18 days:▶Curfew: The night-time restrictions will return. During the day you are allowed to move freely, from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. you are only allowed to stay outside your own living area for certain…

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Vienna. It’s a mammoth task: as many Austrians as possible are to be tested on Corona by December 15. Yesterday the starting signal for the mass tests in Vienna, Tyrol and Vorarlberg was given. In front of the Marx-Halle, Messe Wien and the Stadthalle there were long queues at first – around 8.00 am. After only a few minutes they dissolved. PC breakdown delayed the counting of the testsBreakdown. The rush was strong in all federal states. This was probably one of the reasons for the computer breakdown. In Innsbruck,…

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On the first day of the mass tests in Vienna, 58 coronavirus infections have been diagnosed so far. This was announced by a spokesman for the city councilor for health, Peter Hacker (SPÖ). The persons had to perform a PCR test afterwards to confirm the results, which the affected persons will receive at a later date. According to the city, not quite 0.5 percent of the tests have so far yielded a positive test result. Exact figures on the participants are not yet available. However, it is estimated that around…

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From Thursday to Friday there were 3,815 new corona infections in Austria. Upper Austria has the highest number of new infections. So far, there have been 297,245 positive test results in Austria. As of today (December 4, 2020, 09:30 a.m.), 3,651 people throughout Austria have died as a result of the corona virus and 243,775 have recovered. At present, 3,980 people are undergoing hospital treatment due to the corona virus and 642 of these patients are in intensive care units. Corona new infections by federal states:Burgenland: 123Carinthia: 316Lower Austria: 635Upper…

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Four weeks ago, the Coronavirus Commission in the Ministry of Health saw for the first time a very high risk of infection throughout Austria and therefore set the traffic light to red for the country, all provinces and all districts. Also yesterday afternoon the commission came to the same result despite slightly decreasing values: The risk of infection with SARS-CoV-2 is very high everywhere, so the traffic light will remain red everywhere for at least another week. The Coronavirus Commission’s assessment was based on the risk of transmission, the traceability…

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